The Gainesville-Haymarket Rotary meets every Wednesday at 7:30 am at the Piedmont Country Club. Here's the address:

14675 Piedmont Vista Drive, Haymarket, Va 20169

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Our Rotary Club honored now President Dennis Fargo and now current President Charlie Mills at an American Transition Dinner on Thursday, June 25 at the Piedmont Club. Over 60 members and guest were in attendance including District 7610 Governor Chuck Davidson and Past District Governor and current District 7610 Foundation Chairman Travis White.

Here's a list of the Major recognitions from Transition Dinner

• Rotarian of the Year – Linda Marlow
• Distinguished Service Award – Marilyn Karp
• Distinguished Service Award – Lori Power
• Service Above Self- Jennifer Robinson, RCC President
• Past President Gavel – Dennis Fargo
• Paul Harris Society Induction – Dennis Fargo


Dennis Passes the Gavel!

June 17 was the last Wednesday morning Rotary Meeting in Dennis Fargo's term as president. Here is a picture of him "passing the gavel" on to incoming president, Charlie Mills.


President’s Message
My Fellow Rotarians, (that sounds like something Richard Nixon would have said) A new Rotary year is upon us...the key word being "new". We will have new International leadership, District leadership and our own Club leadership. That's where your new Board and I come in. You have some very enthusiastic, relatively new members who will be serving you for the next year. We all look forward to the opportunity to continue taking this Club to even higher levels than Taras, John and Dennis paved for us. Your board and I met recently to discuss long term strategic plans and goals for the Club. It was a very lengthy but productive meeting more of which we will share with you in the near future. Each Board member will brief you on the duties, responsibilities and goals of his/her position on the Board. I have two main goals that are basic to the smooth operation of any organization:
1. Membership 2. Participation
By increasing membership, it spreads the wealth (no pun intended) and the work load. I want to make sure we don't fall into the 80/20 club habit. BUT, with new members comes our responsibility to keep you new folks interested by getting you active (the other point...participation) in all sorts of projects with the Club.
With increased membership comes increased funding. With increased funding comes the opportunity to expand our service to the community and internationally...a wonderful cycle in which to find ourselves.
With you help, input and enthusiasm, we can make this a banner year for the Rotary Club of Gainesville-Haymarket. The Board and I look forward to serving you.


GH-Rotary Presents Token of Appreciation to Missy.

President Dennis Fargo presented Piedmont employee Missy with flowers and a gift certificate in appreciation for all of her hard work in setting up our breakfast each week for our meeting. Thanks Missy for all you do to make our breakfast meetings run smoothly and for the delicious buffet breakfasts!


TODAY'S PROGRAM
TJ Hassan & Kevin Turner, Forum International


LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM
Jim Aram - Classification Talk
Jim was born in Vietnam and lived there as a baby before moving to the United States with his parents. He spent most of his early life in Florida and graduated from the University of Florida in Gainesville with a degree in the History of Science and Medicine. After graduation, he moved to Pittsburgh where he met his wife Amy (she was his boss!). He has lived in Northern Virginia for the last 12 years, working in health care administration. He is the co-owner of Advantage Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation, LLC, which is in it's third year of business. Jim and his wife Amy live in Bristow, with their 2 daughters, Sadie, 8 and Sophie, 5. In his free time, Jim likes to play golf, go boating, and run. He is considering doing a triathalon, following in his daughter Sadie's footsteps. Welcome to Rotary, Jim. We are so happy to have you in our club!



UPCOMING PROGRAMS & EVENTS

Date	Speaker	Description	Guest Of
July 8	Jeff Brown	Independent Energy Consultant	Don Rusch
July 15	Dr. Chris Leet	Commonwealth Preventive Medicine Institute	Jim Aram
July 22	Betty Babolin	Classification Talk	member
July 29th	Kelly Schaeffer	Kleinschmidt Energy & Water Resource Consultants	John Grzejka

HOLD THE DATE

Date	Event	Time
Thursday, June 25	Rotary Transition Celebration	6:30 pm at Piedmont Club
Saturday, July 11	Rotary Fellowship Dinner	6:00 pm at Anothai Restaurant
Saturday, September 19	Haymarket Day
Saturday, September 26	Childrens Wellness Festival

Rotary Club of Gainesville-Haymarket
2009-2010 Board of Directors



Officers	Name	Directors	Name
President	Charlie Mills	The Rotary Foundation	Shawn Landry
President Elect	Alan Myers	Club Administration	Ali Sayed
Vice President	Amelia Stansell	Membership	Bryan Garcia
Secretary	Lori Power	Service Projects	Nicole Negvesky
Treasurer	David Crandall	Club Public Relations	Marilyn Karp
Sergeant-at-Arms	Mark Cooke	Rotary Community Corp	George Layne
Interact Club	George Layne	Past President	Dennis Fargo



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